Panix Pass or Panixer Pass ( Romansh: ''Pass dil Veptga'', German: ''Panixerpass'') (2404 m) is a

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Alpine pass between the cantons of

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. It connects Elm in the Sernftal in Glarus with

Pigniu Pigniu () is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Its official language is Romansh. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Pigniu, Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, R ...

(Panix) in the

Vorderrhein The Vorderrhein (; ; ; ; ), or Anterior Rhine, is the left of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the '' Hinterrhein''). It is longer than the ''Hinterrhein'', but has a lower discharge than the latter at their confluence, w ...

valley of Graubünden. It is not passable by car. In October 1799, Russian General

Alexander Suvorov Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy () was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire. Born in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian ...

made a strategic retreat from the French Revolutionary forces south over the pass and regrouped his forces in

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File:Vasily Surikov - Suvorov Crossing the Alps in 1799 - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Suvorov crossing the Alps'', by

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File:ETH-BIB-Elm, Vorab, Panixerpass v. N. aus 3600 m-Inlandflüge-LBS MH01-001357.tif, The pass in 1919 File:Panixerpass03.JPG, The pass in 2009 File:Panixerpass04.JPG, The pass in 2009

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* Mountain passes of Switzerland Mountain passes of the Alps Mountain passes of Graubünden Mountain passes of the canton of Glarus Glarus–Graubünden border {{graubünden-geo-stub

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